In contrast, the Antillean clade of "Cinnamodendron" is characterized by having tetramerous flowers (8 petals, 8 stamens, 4 carpels; ovary with 4 placentae), many ovules (more than 14); not stipitate, many seeded fruit (more than 8) with a non-gelatinous pulp; small seeds (up to 3 mm long) (Fig.

We doubt that this process is possible, because reversals to radially symmetric flowers in asterids operate via the loss of the posterior staminode and the fusion of the posterior petals and the transition to tetramerous flowers (see, e.

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